Iron County register., 1887-05-12
MISSOURI STATE NEWS,

washing qualities of silk handkerchief,
Max Freeman, a peddler, was struck on
the head with heavy tumbler thrown
by Henry Clarkin, aged seventeen, and
severe scalp wound was caused Ery-
sipelas set in and a few days ago Free
man died. Clarkin was arrested on a
charge of felonious assault and held in
$500 bonds, but is now held for murder.
The real estate sales in Sedalia and
vicinity during the last week in April
footed up 1896, ,0S7 &c.
DIR. Edward Hasse, one OF the Oldest
German physicians in st. Louis, com
mitted suicide few days ago by shoot
ing himself.
Herman Pabitiski, youth of fourteen,
was crushed to death in the machinery of
the spring factory in John Kimple's wag
on works in St. Louis few days ago
His body was terribly mangled.
The fall illuminatlons in st. Louis will
eclipse any thing before attempted in that
line.
There have been over one hundred per
sons indicted by the grand jury in st.
Louis for fraudulent practices at the elec-
tion last November.
Boonville lis to have the State Reform
School for Boys, and Chi llicothe the State
Industrial School for Girls.
During the month of April the State
took in 1921, Bl SO and paid out S270, 937. 16.
A severe Wind storm visited Jefferson
City and vi@nity few nights ago. In
he city Lohnla ans Opera-house was dam
tagged to the extent of s., 500, one end being
destroyed ard the building unroofed. The
music hall was also unroofed. Sew.
eral plate-gAss fronts were broken, and
vast number of fruit and shade trees
destroyed. In the country most Of the
damage is Iconfned to fences and fruit
trees.
For some time past Albert Smith and
William SpSley have been rivals for the
affections d young lady living in the
southern pat of Kansas City, and have
had several euarrels. A few nights ago
the two met just outside the Union Gem
| etery, and, ffter few hot words, drew
| knives and simultaneously struck at each
| other. Spi4ey was cut in the right arm
and under te right shoulder blade, while
| Smith was sninjured.
| The st. luis theaters are nearly all
f. closed for H. season. Business, with one
| or two exc4tions, has been any thing but
| satisfactory
At a call4 NEE ting of the State Board
| of Equaliz dion, recently held at Jefferson
| City, res tuition was adopted reques ting
| the Railro& Comrnissi oners to attend the
| meetings d the board, and also to furnish h
| statemet Of the gross and net earnings
| of the RAILROADS of the State and estimates
| of their c$h value; also resolution noti-
! fving theproper authorities of the cities
of st. LOIS, Kansas City, st. Joseph and
| HannibaIthat the board is in session for
| the purpse of assessing the railroad
! propertysof the State, and requesting g
/ them to ADMIT statements in detail show
| ing the chracter and extent of all rail-
road profrty in and terminating in each
| of the abge named cities.
THE M6ouri Pacific Railroad Company
| is about b erect a nine-story building in
ST. Louis lat cost of half million dol
| lars, to u used as the general headquar-
ters of II company's Western and South
western ines. The site is at the intersec-
| ton of Skenth and Ches tnut streets, COM
! prising de-fourth of a block, which was
| recentlyturchased for S6S, 900.
| A collipn occurred in the Rock Island
! yards in I. Joseph, a few evenings since,
| in which teorge Ferguson, engineer, and
switchThn whose name could not be
learned, |re seriously, though not fatal
| lp injured One of the engines was badly
| used up. l
| Asyndides of Kansas City business
men have trchased large lot of proper
ty in thatfity near the new Board of
| Trade builhng and just behind the pro-
| posed NevYbrk Life Insurance building,
! and it is announced that a structure to
| contain L Off ces and cost $500, 900 will at
once be ected on the premises. It is to
be seveistories high and of brick. A
new six-ory hotel will be erected at once
| on the cner of Fifth and Wyandotte
streets, tcost $3.50, 900. It will be known
| as the LIEN. S. F. Scott is president of
| the comny.
1t is Dught certain that President
| Clevelan will so order his affairs next
fall as tender it possible for him to visit
st. Louiduring the National encamp-
ment of t Grand Army of the Republic.
Congreman John T. Heard, who, it
was repoed recently, was suffering at
| Washingh from return of cancer of
the face, rs rapidly recovering. His all
ment prod to be nothing more serious
than inju from piece of bone that was
broken inerforming a surgical operation
on his facome time ago.
The strt railway companies of st.
Louis havontributed Sl,250 to the G.. A.
r. encamlent fund.
Walker lie, a seventeen-year-o boy,
was kilt near Lancaster, Schuyler
County, aew days ago, by Gus Hope,
sixteen YES old.
A tract ninety acres, situated little
southwest Wyandotte, was sold a few
| QdVS dSOO d Sy1QlCaUo Oh Kansas C1Uy
capitalistor $3.50, 900, or s., 900 an acre.
Simon snenstok, one of the most
promineH in st. Louis, died
| q few daago.
| George Foley has withdrawn the re-
ward of offered for the arrest of Per-
ry A. Gre who disappeared about three
months awith about 50, 900 belon gin g to
Mr.. Foley whom he was employed. 1t
is undersd that Cross defalcation has
been magood by his father, teacher
in Chic institution.
The meelaborate wedding that ever
took plan the Mormon or Latter Day
Saints urch in Independence was
solemn1za few evenings since. The
contract parties were MISS Melissa
Warnke,ughter of Elder F. c. W Warnke,
and Rudl EtZenhouser, both of Inde-
pendencElder Joseph Luff, late of the
Utah Min of the Josephlte Branch of
. the Chur officiated. The church was
handson decorated and the entire
affair w,uite in keeping with the most
! approve,ciety fashion.
The Stuis Railway Supplies Manu-
| facturinCompany, an old and we'll
known mess establishment, made an
: assignm to it's president, Joseph W.
| Branch, the benefit of creditors. The
concern been in business for about
t | twentyirs The assets are gwen at
$50,090; ,ilitles, S147, 900.
JudgHry is rapidly recove ring.
The cetions of internal revenues i n
/ | st. Lour April were as follows: Lists, |
f s214 46;er, s1O3, ,S9s3o; spirits, SILL |
80; ars, S11.6t10S; snuff. S267. 90:
, | tobacco3, s4S 25; special taxes, $685.
) 5000. stal, S5)5 0S9 So The increase |
over thine month for last year was |
very md.
A feights ago Mr.. j. r. Lester, of |
: Ramsay, saw man wearing a suit of |
4 clotneach had been stolen from him |
: six we previously. It transpired that |